Re: [woyp] Digest for woyp@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 1 topic

[Bob Roberts]

I am out of the habit, but I was backing documents up to a thumb drive on a weekly basis.  I would swap between my "live" drive, and one I kept in the Jeep.  I figure this gave me an off site copy.  I now have a dual external hard drive dock ready to install.  I will probably follow a similar routine with removable hard drives.
I like the idea of cloud storage, but living in the country and using satellite internet has bandwidth restrictions.  I may start doing documents and pictures to the cloud, but current data caps would preclude the music, and planned movie collections.
Its one drawback of country life.  I can't get a pizza delivered either!
LOL

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Roberts <bgi...@gmail.com> writes:


Bob> I would swap between my "live" drive, and one I kept in the
Bob> Jeep. I figure this gave me an off site copy.

The event that actually convinced me to get serious about offsite backup
was when my next door neighbor's apartment was subjected to an illegal
search and all his electronics was seized for evidence that he's a big
time drug dealer (he's not). He eventually got it all back not too many
weeks after the judge threw the case out of court, but by then he'd
replaced most of it, and he sold the original stuff on ebay.

So for that purpose, a drive in one's vehicle wouldn't qualify as off
site.

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[Buzz]

Bob

I am in a similar situation here - on expensive (compared to US) rural broadband over landline and at least 10 miles from the nearest fush and chups (as the locals pronounce it) - which makes us careful about moving everything to cloud storage. With a PC, four laptops and numerous phones being used for remote working, home business and educational study, not to mention additional usage by our B&B guests, we churn through 80-100GB most months. If we moved everything to cloud storage, I suspect we'd bust our 120GB cap and the top-up would be humongous.

Laura

While I am fairly well behaved and I am hoping that the FBI/ATF don't have a New Zealand field office yet, you make a good point. I am thinking a small trunk squirrelled away on my friend's farm might be the way to go - off site but near enough to facilitate easy drive swaps.

Buzz
www.hillsidebandb.co.nz
A rural retreat just 40 minutes from the city

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[Bert Latamore]

Bob,

Where are you? We live on a steep hillside at the north end of the Blue Ridge on dirt roads, which is pretty rural. We depend on Comcast for our Internet and it has worked reasonably well. The lot is too wooded to allow us to get satellite. Right now we are getting light snow.

Bert

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